Fragrance sampler insert

Abstract

A fragrance sample is provided which is made from two plies of material. A wall is formed in the bottom ply which defines a well into which a fragrance sample is deposited. The top ply has a wall formed therein which interlocks with the bottom ply wall to cover and close the well. The two plies are then adhered together to form a liquid tight seal between the two plies.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A fragrance sampler for inserting into a magazine or mass mailing, the sampler including: 
       a bottom ply having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a wall formed in the upper surface defining a well;  
       a fragrance sample in the well; and  
       a top ply having an upper surface and a lower surface and a wall formed in the top ply upper surface; the top ply wall defining a channel in the lower surface of the top ply; the top ply channel and the bottom ply wall being sized such that the bottom ply wall is received in the top ply channel; the top ply and bottom ply being adhered together to form a seal to substantially prevent leakage of the fragrance sample.  
     
     
       2. The fragrance sampler of claim  1  wherein the top and bottom ply walls are formed by embossing or debossing process. 
     
     
       3. The fragrance sampler of claim  1  wherein the top and bottom plies are adhered together in a heat sealing process. 
     
     
       4. The fragrance sampler of claim  1  wherein the top and bottom plies are adhered together by a cationic cure coating adhesive. 
     
     
       5. The fragrance sampler of claim  1  wherein the walls of at least one of the upper and lower plies defines a double wall. 
     
     
       6. A method of forming a fragrance sampler for insertion in a magazine, the method comprising: 
       (a) pulling top ply webbing from a top ply roller;  
       (b) forming a channel in the top ply webbing;  
       (c) pulling bottom ply webbing from a bottom ply roller;  
       (d) forming a wall in the bottom ply webbing, the wall defining a well;  
       (e) depositing a fragrance sample in well;  
       (f) bringing the top and bottom plies together, such that the bottom ply wall is received in the top ply channel;  
       (g) adhering the top and bottom plies together to form a seal between the top and bottom plies which will substantially prevent leakage of the fragrance sample from the sampler.  
     
     
       7. The method of claim  6  wherein the steps of forming the channel in the top ply and the wall in the bottom ply includes embossing or debossing the walls in the plies. 
     
     
       8. The method of claim  6  wherein at least one of the bottom ply wall are double walled. 
     
     
       9. The method of claim  6  wherein the step of depositing the fragrance sample in the well includes one of injection depositing of the sample, extrusion of the sample, flexographic printing of the sample, or silkscreen printing of the sample. 
     
     
       10. The method of claim  6  including step of die-cutting waste material from the samplers and collecting formed samplers on a product roll. 
     
     
       11. The fragrance sampler of claim  1  wherein the fragrance sample may include one of a cosmetic creme, lotion, hair color tint, or other cosmetic ingredient. 
     
     
       12. The method of claim  6  wherein a pressure sensitive material with release liner is used as the bottom ply so as to result in a product that can later be readily applied to another substrate using affixing equipment. 
     
     
       13. The method of claim  6  wherein a pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to the bottom layer ply after the embossing process and a release liner is added so as to result in a pressure sensitive label product that can later be readily applied to another substrate using automatic affixing equipment. 
     
     
       14. The method of claim  6  wherein a third, pressure sensitive ply with release liner is adhered to the bottom ply after the embossing process, thus allowing automatic affixing to another substrate and also allowing for the complete removal of the two-ply pouch from the substrate to which it was affixed.